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Small press of award-winning writers putting out unique projects for readers and the writing community alike. Find more at www.calendaroffools.com
We've got another free story! For the next three weeks, come check out Rich Larson's "Pod People." It's a fantastic story about found family and transcendent empathy, so you'll be glad you did.
Pod People
by Rich Larson
Back when Danny was alive still, he was always giving me ocean facts, always real solemnly. Like: Dad, there’s a wrinkly gray shark in the Arctic Ocean that trades its eyes for parasite...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We've got another free story! For the next three weeks, come check out Rich Larson's "Pod People." It's a fantastic story about found family and transcendent empathy, so you'll be glad you did.
It's new free story time! Now, and for the next three weeks, read @dalesmithonline.com's "Boddah," for free on the Calendar of Fools website! It's a dark, thoughtful tale about what makes us us as opposed to someone else, and it keeps you riveted to the very end! calendaroffools.com/stories/bodd...
Boddah
by Dale Smith
"I assure you I will be the worst ever Kurt Cobain."
The house had cost Cobain over a million dollars when he had bought it: three stories and nearly three quarters of an acre surrounded...
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October 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It's new free story time! Now, and for the next three weeks, read @dalesmithonline.com's "Boddah," for free on the Calendar of Fools website! It's a dark, thoughtful tale about what makes us us as opposed to someone else, and it keeps you riveted to the very end! calendaroffools.com/stories/bodd...
It's time for another free story! For the next three weeks, head over to our site and read "Tears in the Nursery" by Catherine Wells for free. Make sure you don't miss out!
Tears in the Nursery
by Catherine Wells
Roxanne had been in labor for forty-two hours: forty-two hours of pains that gripped her, squeezed her, then slipped away for what seemed only a moment before they clutched at her a...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's time for another free story! For the next three weeks, head over to our site and read "Tears in the Nursery" by Catherine Wells for free. Make sure you don't miss out!
Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.
Life After Life After Life
by Christopher Blake
We swim, singing with joy to the Stars, weaving and darting and skimming photo-plankton from the exosphere of Harvest, our home asteroid. The pod sings and the Stars sing back: ol...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.
It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.
For the Rectitude of Our Intentions
by Stephen Kotowych
It wasn't fully signed yet, of course. Even now, delegates of the Continental Congress who had not been in Philadelphia during the final vote earlier in the week made their way to ...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.
We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.
Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child
by Steve Loiaconi
After recent tragic events at Holman Elementary School, your child's memories have been downloaded to the enclosed synthoid. Please charge the robot for at least 36 hours using a USB...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.
We have another free story! @renfestklingon.bsky.social (Erica Ruppert's) "Birdsong" is free to read on the Calendar of Fools site for three weeks. Don't miss out! calendaroffools.com/stories/bird...
Birdsong
by Erica Ruppert
Meara bent to look more closely at the curved length of bone tangled in the dusty weeds. It looked like it could be part of an arm. It might have been someone she knew once, before th...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We have another free story! @renfestklingon.bsky.social (Erica Ruppert's) "Birdsong" is free to read on the Calendar of Fools site for three weeks. Don't miss out! calendaroffools.com/stories/bird...
Time for another free story! Now available on our site is "Upsized Savior," by @denverauthor.bsky.social! It'll be there for three weeks, and don't forget there's still 10 days left to read "Horses of Pazyryk," by S.L. Harris! calendaroffools.com/stories/upsi...
Upsized Savior
by David Boop
Hi! I'm Zack Sunstrom. You may remember me as the captain of the first faster-than-light mission to Alpha Centauri. Since coming face-to-face with death, I've had a special appreciation ...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Time for another free story! Now available on our site is "Upsized Savior," by @denverauthor.bsky.social! It'll be there for three weeks, and don't forget there's still 10 days left to read "Horses of Pazyryk," by S.L. Harris! calendaroffools.com/stories/upsi...
We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .
The Horses of Pazyryk
by S. L. Harris
All those long black winter afternoons, I hid in the belly of the museum surrounded by the ghosts of horses screaming. Their golden bridle ornaments shone in the greenish light, their ...
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August 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .
More reviews have rolled in from Abyss & Apex and the Jenny Cruise blog! www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r... arghink.com/2025/07/argh... . Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to read "Intergalactic Rejects," and we're thrilled they enjoyed it!
A&A reviews Intergalactic Rejects | Abyss & Apex
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July 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
More reviews have rolled in from Abyss & Apex and the Jenny Cruise blog! www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r... arghink.com/2025/07/argh... . Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to read "Intergalactic Rejects," and we're thrilled they enjoyed it!
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I've faced my fair share of writerly rejection and so am truly honoured to be a part of the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social now available at calendaroffools.com/intergalacti... and anywhere books are sold!
Intergalactic Rejects
Story writers face rejection all too often. It can be disheartening, depressing, and downright defeating. Every writer has heard that it happens to all of us, but also to show, don't tell. This anthol...
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June 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I've faced my fair share of writerly rejection and so am truly honoured to be a part of the Intergalactic Rejects anthology from @calendaroffools.bsky.social now available at calendaroffools.com/intergalacti... and anywhere books are sold!
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I have a short story Boddah in the new @calendaroffools.bsky.social collection Intergalactic Rejects, released last week. Why not find out more about it at dalesmithonline.com/send-out-sto...? Contains Kurt Cobain.
Intergalactic Rejects
Kurt Cobain was the poster-child for troubled genius, someone who found that being one of the most famous people in the world didn't do anything to take away his pain. But that's OK: maybe this time t...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I have a short story Boddah in the new @calendaroffools.bsky.social collection Intergalactic Rejects, released last week. Why not find out more about it at dalesmithonline.com/send-out-sto...? Contains Kurt Cobain.
Our most recent anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects," edited by @stormhumbert.bsky.social just received its first review. Thanks to C.D. Lews if Tangent for taking the time. Hopefully it inspires other readers to do the same :)
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Intergalactic Rejects, edited by Storm Humbert - Tangent Online
Intergalactic Rejects Edited by Storm Humbert (Calendar of Fools Publishing, June 20, 2025, tpb 294 pp.) "Pod People" by Rich Larson "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake "Almost Time" by Andrew Jackson "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by Stephen Kotowych "Disclaimer: This Is Not Your Child" by Steve Loiaconi "Messenger of Death"
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June 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Our most recent anthology, "Intergalactic Rejects," edited by @stormhumbert.bsky.social just received its first review. Thanks to C.D. Lews if Tangent for taking the time. Hopefully it inspires other readers to do the same :)
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It's TOC announcement day! In addition to our anchor authors listed on the cover image, Intergalactic Rejects will also include stories from @chrisblake.bsky.social, @lrb.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, S.L. Harris, Andrew Jackson, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @sloiaconi.bsky.social 🧵
December 17, 2024 at 6:21 PM
It's TOC announcement day! In addition to our anchor authors listed on the cover image, Intergalactic Rejects will also include stories from @chrisblake.bsky.social, @lrb.bsky.social, @mariecroke.bsky.social, S.L. Harris, Andrew Jackson, @ourmankoto.bsky.social, Rich Larson, @sloiaconi.bsky.social 🧵
Thanks to all who have supported our "Intergalactic Rejects" kickstarter thus far. As a thank-you to current backers (and incentive for future ones), David Boop's story "Upsized Savior" is available to all backers via an update! We hope you read, enjoy, and tell your friends! Link in the comments
March 20, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Thanks to all who have supported our "Intergalactic Rejects" kickstarter thus far. As a thank-you to current backers (and incentive for future ones), David Boop's story "Upsized Savior" is available to all backers via an update! We hope you read, enjoy, and tell your friends! Link in the comments
It's launch day! "Intergalactic Rejects" KSer is live! We'd like to thank our featured authors, Samuel R. Delany, @robertjsawyer.com, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, @penprince.bsky.social, Greg Bossert, @jeanmarieward.bsky.social, William Joseph Roberts, David Boop, and Robert Silverberg!
March 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
It's launch day! "Intergalactic Rejects" KSer is live! We'd like to thank our featured authors, Samuel R. Delany, @robertjsawyer.com, Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta, @penprince.bsky.social, Greg Bossert, @jeanmarieward.bsky.social, William Joseph Roberts, David Boop, and Robert Silverberg!
We launch in five days! So, this seemed like a good time to remind everyone that, in addition to our wonderful anchor authors, "Intergalactic Rejects" will also include our first ever open call. We can't wait to find 8 more stories to publish alongside our featured authors! Kser link in comments.
March 14, 2024 at 4:10 PM
We launch in five days! So, this seemed like a good time to remind everyone that, in addition to our wonderful anchor authors, "Intergalactic Rejects" will also include our first ever open call. We can't wait to find 8 more stories to publish alongside our featured authors! Kser link in comments.
The folks at Fellowship and Fairydust were kind enough to sit down with our "Intergalactic Rejects" editor, @stormhumbert.bsky.social to discuss the upcoming anthology! We're so happy for their interest in our project. Link to the interview in the comments.
March 12, 2024 at 4:23 PM
The folks at Fellowship and Fairydust were kind enough to sit down with our "Intergalactic Rejects" editor, @stormhumbert.bsky.social to discuss the upcoming anthology! We're so happy for their interest in our project. Link to the interview in the comments.
Our final author spotlight for "Intergalactic Rejects" is David Boop! His story "Upsized Savior" feature in the anthology, and we can't wait to share this quirky, fun story with our readers! David's bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.
March 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Our final author spotlight for "Intergalactic Rejects" is David Boop! His story "Upsized Savior" feature in the anthology, and we can't wait to share this quirky, fun story with our readers! David's bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is Robert Silverberg! Instead of a story, Bob is giving us an essay about the most important rejection he ever received, and we're excited to share his insights with our readers! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments.
February 29, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is Robert Silverberg! Instead of a story, Bob is giving us an essay about the most important rejection he ever received, and we're excited to share his insights with our readers! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments.
Today's "Intergalactic Rejects" author spotlight is Greg Bossert! Greg's story "Forget-me-not" has been rejected dozens of times simply because it's very strange and delightfully weird, so we're ecstatic to be able to rescue it and bring it to you all! Bio and KSer link in comments.
February 28, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Today's "Intergalactic Rejects" author spotlight is Greg Bossert! Greg's story "Forget-me-not" has been rejected dozens of times simply because it's very strange and delightfully weird, so we're ecstatic to be able to rescue it and bring it to you all! Bio and KSer link in comments.
The "Intergalactic Rejects" feature author of the day is @robertjsawyer.com! His story "Lost in the Mail" is a perfect fit, as it had been rejected 17 times before going on to significant acclaim and even finishing 2nd for Canada's Aurora award! Bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.
February 27, 2024 at 5:16 PM
The "Intergalactic Rejects" feature author of the day is @robertjsawyer.com! His story "Lost in the Mail" is a perfect fit, as it had been rejected 17 times before going on to significant acclaim and even finishing 2nd for Canada's Aurora award! Bio and link to the kickstarter are in the comments.
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is @penprince.bsky.social! Oghenechovwe's story "Destiny Delayed" will appear in the anthology. This story was widely rejected before going on to great acclaim, so don't let those letters get you down! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments!
February 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is @penprince.bsky.social! Oghenechovwe's story "Destiny Delayed" will appear in the anthology. This story was widely rejected before going on to great acclaim, so don't let those letters get you down! Bio and Kickstarter link in the comments!
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is William Joseph Roberts! His story "Messenger of Death" will appear in the anthology and we can't wait for our readers to see it! Bio and link to the Kickstarter in the comments. Follow to be alerted on launch!
February 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Today's featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author is William Joseph Roberts! His story "Messenger of Death" will appear in the anthology and we can't wait for our readers to see it! Bio and link to the Kickstarter in the comments. Follow to be alerted on launch!
Our featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author of the day is Samuel R. Delany (also known as Chip). Chip's story "The Wyrm" will appear in the anthology, and we're excited to share it with our readers! Link to the pre-launch page, and Chip's bio, in the comments. Follow to be alerted when we go live!
February 22, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Our featured "Intergalactic Rejects" author of the day is Samuel R. Delany (also known as Chip). Chip's story "The Wyrm" will appear in the anthology, and we're excited to share it with our readers! Link to the pre-launch page, and Chip's bio, in the comments. Follow to be alerted when we go live!